Book ID: 92588
Bedigian, Dorothea
Sesame. The Genus Sesamum. 2009. (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Industrial Profiles, 48). XXIII, 532 p. gr8vo. Hard- cover.
Covers ethnographic data,modern use, linguistic analysis of sesame names from around the world, market size, export and import data, geographical sources, use in the food and cosmetic industries, and much more.The book includes a historical review of the genus Sesamum that reveals its place in present-day traditions and cultivationin Africa and Asia. Expanding coverage from archaeologicaland anthropological literature from India, Mesopotamia, andEgypt, this ethobotanical monograph draws on folk sources, reviews the phytochemistry of Sesamum, and presents extensive references.